North Shore Temple Emanuel is opening its newly refurbished Valerie Jaye function centre and will celebrate by showcasing its performance mode – to be known as ‘VJ’s’ – with an exciting new concert series. Read more

Issy Smith was the first Jew to receive the Commonwealth’s highest military order, the Victoria Cross…and his bravery and life were remembered at a ceremony in Melbourne to mark his 70th Yahrzeit. Read more

Zev Bashan is full of praise for the high degree of awareness by Australian Jewish children of the importance of the environment and the work undertaken by the Jewish National Fund in Israel to promote the need for widespread agricultural and water resources. Read more

After nine months of stirring the pot, the matzo balls are finally on the boil and the Jewish Museum of Australia’s Melbourne Jewish Short Film Festival ‘Celluloid Soup’ is heading for a climax with the Festival Screening night on October 21 at Melbourne’s Astor Theatre. Read more

Follows the villagers of Glod, Romania as they attempt to clear their name after being unkindly portrayed as incestuous relatives and friends of Borat in Sacha Baron Cohen’s famous 2006 film. Read more

Kevin Rudd and Murray McCully, the respective Foreign Ministers of Australia and New Zealand, have addressed the United Nations General Assembly…and agree with President Obama on the Middle East. Read more

I returned with my wife Naomi on the eve of Rosh Hashana from a brief visit to Australia, frequently referred to as Down Under, being the most geographically distant destination from Europe (and Israel). Read more

Israel is renowned for its bio-medical technology and outstanding research and development facilities, and in September, the country’s research teams have developed promising new treatments for fatal diseases. Read more

This 2007 Academy Award-nominated film takes place a few months prior to the total withdrawal of the Israeli Defence Force from Southern Lebanon in 2000, after 18 years of bitter conflict with Hezbollah combatants. Read more

In Conversation series, featuring Thomas Mayor, delegate to the Uluru Statement process. Thomas has been travelling throughout Australia with the Uluru Statement advocating for its call for the ‘establishment of First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution’. He will share his story and provide the opportunity for people to sign their support. Read more